Whether Brooklyn knew it or not, the New York borough became a happier place the instant Matt & Kim began creating pixi stix-fueled keyboard pop anthems a few years back. Since then, the adorable couple has performed a load of high-energy shows that feature adorable banter between the real-life couple…
Lake Worth post-punks Guy Harvey is filming a music video for “The Rope” tonight at Respectable Street’s weekly Thursday night party, Flaunt. The video concept is “Back to the Beach,” so bring board shorts, flip-flops, straw hats, towels, inflatables, and maybe a solid John Grisham novel (beach reading’s greatest hit)…
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn’t want your hair floating in the Gulf, and neither does BP. But if you care about warding off oil from South Florida’s coastline, Christine Guyard needs your help.”I feel like we have to be proactive,” says the Palm Beach Gardens mother of two. “My whole…
When I first heard the words “Ohio is for lovers,” I instantly thought of those quirky Urban Outfitters T-shirts that came out a few years ago trying to promote random things like which cities are “for lovers” and which “do it better.” Hawthorne Heights’ debut single was an insta-hit that…
Yesterday, June 16, was Youth Day in South Africa, the national holiday commemorating the Soweto Riots–when the world discovered the brutality of apartheid. Yesterday was also the South African national soccer team’s second game in this year’s World Cup, against Uruguay. The Kalahari Bar, in Fort Lauderdale, claims on its…
Silversun Pickups With Against Me! and the Henry Clay People Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca RatonWednesday, June 16, 2010 Better Than: Anything else that has ever gone on in West Boca.It started out as kidding around with Silversun Pickups’ drummer Christopher Guanlao about the band selling Silversun Pickups’ Off! at its…
The Heavy PetsThe Heavy Pets Even the biggest fans of the biggest jam bands don’t expect much from a studio album. In this writer’s view, the jam band studio album can serve a couple of purposes. The first is to superficially introduce the band to newbies and the new songs…
We here who grind away in the County Grind like to respect and promote our local efforts. In today’s Local Motion, we look at a pair of releases by Boca Raton’s Livid Records, a fine compendium of local and out-of-state acts that is rapidly becoming one of the “friendliest” independent…
Interracial R&B group the Crests charted many doo-wop hits, including “16 Candles,” during its heyday in the ’50s and ’60s. After a late-’70s breakup, the rotating cast of members found a new following thanks to the John Hughes film named after their hit, as well as a cover of the…
Freaks and fans alike can brace themselves for Lake Worth act Viva le Vox’s upcoming CD-release party, a spectacle some might refer to as a “hillbilly zombie circus.” Freaks aside, the band is a local work of art worth checking out if you want to feel scared and uncomfortable yet…
Blood of the Prophets has rapidly distinguished itself in the metal community with melodic fretwork, elements of thrash, and forays into synthesizers. Formed in 2008 in Toledo, Ohio, this sextet’s standouts are drummer Will Clark and keyboardist Elizabeth Croak, who affirm the intensity via blast beats, heavy cadence, and gothic…
Back in 1995, Timothy Wiles performed his first show as Uberzone at the Edge in Fort Lauderdale. Since then, the name of the club has changed a couple of times (it’s now home to Revolution Live), but the name Uberzone has become well-recognized among the international dance music community. Throughout…
After winning American Idol in 2007, Jordin Sparks hasn’t attained Carrie Underwood-level success, but she’s fared far better in her pop career than Idol alums like Taylor Hicks. Her self-titled debut album featured two smash singles, “Tattoo” and a duet with Chris Brown, “No Air.” Both songs showed that Sparks…
The electro-savvy Briton DJ Deekline’s international following pulls his bass-heavy, hard-core jungle rhythms back and forth over the Atlantic. His breakbeat prowess was even put to work to remix Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s biggest hit, “Got Your Money,” featuring Kelis. Deekline is a delight live when he gets that sweet vibe…
Hailing from the same city as Girl Talk and the Steelers — which he’s affectionately dubbed “Pittsburgh, Pistol-Vania” — Wiz Khalifa hasn’t let being from a place not typically synonymous with hip-hop get in the way of his grind. In the past 12 months, he has released his second full-length…
What do you do in Boca after all the frozen-yogurt shops have closed? And more specifically, where do you go if you just want to kick back, have a good time, and not be judged by the supermanicured elite? Well, I embarked upon a quest to find a couple of…
Sinners and free-thinking saints alike come together at an art show this evening at West Palm Beach’s the Lounge. Titled “7 Deadly Sins,” the show features works inspired by greed, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Well, basically everyone who didn’t submit something can chalk it up to sloth,…
Local eclectic, eccentric, soulful tune dude Mike Mineo has announced the dates for his upcoming solo tour up to NYC and back. Mineo, who was recently named New Times Best Male Vocalist 2010, will be playing intimate cafes and coffee shops all the way up and back down the coast…
In addition to finding out that Silversun Pickups frontman Brian Aubert just wed a fellow musician, Twilight Sleep frontwoman Tracy Marcellion, in Italy, Alex Rendon’s fine feature about the Los Angeles alt-rockers, reveals that the band has moved up in the world since its last visit to South Florida. Only…
Moments after my Blast From the Past piece on Charlie Pickett’s If This Is Love, Can I Get My Money Back? EP posted yesterday, I was informed by my friend Margaret Griffis that bassist David Shibler had passed away this past May from complications of diabetes and food poisoning. Shibler…
The Band in HeavenWith LaguesPropaganda, Lake WorthTuesday, June 15, 2010Male-female duos are easy to like. Tuesday night at Propaganda, the Band in Heaven, now based in West Palm Beach, and husband-wife team making up the Lagues shook the stage with two styles of noisy rock. Small bands require chemistry, and…
Pavement-reminiscent, no-frills rockers the Henry Clay People sound more like they came from the heartland than the rough and tumble, glam streets of L.A. They’ll transform from heavy guitar riffs and a bleeding heart one minute to drunken escapades and a troubadour-like piano sound the next, making a new name…
